Stand Down season continues

#Middlebury #Veterans #HomelessVeterans #StandDown VETERANS POST By Freddy Groves Stand Downs are going on across the country and have been since early spring. The good news is that ... Continue Reading →

Legal services funds help homeless veterans

#Middlebury #Veterans #LegalServices #Homeless VETERANS POST By Freddy Groves The Department of Veterans Affairs recently handed out over $11 million to 79 organizations to cover legal ... Continue Reading →

False medical claims surpass $54 million

#Middlebury #Veterans #FalseMedicalClaims VETERANS POST By Freddy Groves Yet another scammer thought he would get away with his crimes. In a recent case, a thief was convicted for his ... Continue Reading →

Hotline serves victims sexually assaulted at VA facilities

#Middlebury #Veterans #SexualAssaultHotline VETERANS POST By Freddy Groves The Department of Veterans Affairs has just launched a special phone number to report sexual assault or harassment ... Continue Reading →

Bill aims to prevent stolen valor

#Middlebury #Veterans #StolenValor VETERANS POST By Freddy Groves Right now in the U.S. Congress is bill S.1469 – Stop Stolen Valor for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business ... Continue Reading →

OIG goes after fraud and theft

#Middlebury #Veterans #Fraud VETERANS POST By Freddy Groves Not all the thefts and fraud the Office of Inspector General (OIG) uncovers run into the millions. But a stolen dollar is ... Continue Reading →

VA mostly no longer requires masks

#Middlebury #Veterans #Covid #Masks VETERANS POST By Freddy Groves You can ditch the mask now if you visit a Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility. Because, they say, the ... Continue Reading →

VA Office of Inspector General strikes again

#Middlebury #Veterans #SexualHarassment #ChildPornography VETERANS POST By Freddy Groves The Department of Veterans Affairs’ Office of Inspector General was asked to review the ... Continue Reading →

Veterans needed for Gulf War illness study

#Middlebury #Veterans #GulfWarIllness VETERANS POST By Freddy Groves The Department of Veterans Affairs has just hooked up with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to do a five-year ... Continue Reading →

Controls keep banned employees from working at VA

#MiddleburyCT #Fraud #Veterans VETERANS POST By Freddy Groves After all the instances of fraud unearthed by the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General over the years, ... Continue Reading →